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The following 23 [[species]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Kinyongia}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
The following 23 [[species]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Kinyongia}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
*''[[Kinyongia adolfifriderici]]'' {{small|([[Richard Sternfeld|Sternfeld]], 1912)}} – Ituri chameleon
|-
*''[[Kinyongia asheorum]]'' ({{small|[[species:Petr Nečas|Nečas]] et al., 2009}}) – Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon
! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution
*''[[Kinyongia boehmei]]'' {{small|([[species:Nicola Lutzmann|Lutzmann]] & Nečas, 2002)}} – Boehme's chameleon
|-
*''[[Kinyongia carpenteri]]'' {{small|([[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1929)}} – Carpenter's chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia excubitor]]'' {{small|([[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]], 1911)}} – Mt. Kenya hornless chameleon
| ||''[[Kinyongia adolfifriderici]]'' {{small|([[Richard Sternfeld|Sternfeld]], 1912)}} || Ituri chameleon || Burundi, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia fischeri]]'' {{small|([[Anton Reichenow|Reichenow]], 1887)}} – Fischer's chameleon, Nguru blade-horned chameleon, Nguru two-horned chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia gyrolepis]]'' ({{small|[[species:Eli Greenbaum|Greenbaum]] et al., 2012}}) – Lendu chameleon
| ||''[[Kinyongia asheorum]]'' ({{small|[[species:Petr Nečas|Nečas]] et al., 2009}}) || Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon || Kenya
|-
*''[[Kinyongia itombwensis]]'' {{small|[[species:Daniel F. Hughes|Hughes]] et al., 2017}} – Itombwe forest chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia magomberae]]'' {{small|[[species:Michele Menegon|Menegon]] et al., 2009}} – Magombera chameleon
|[[File:Kinyongia boehmei 48294284.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Kinyongia boehmei]]'' {{small|([[species:Nicola Lutzmann|Lutzmann]] & Nečas, 2002)}} || Boehme's chameleon ||Kenya
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia matschiei]]'' {{small|([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1895)}} – giant monkey-tailed East Usambara two-horned chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia msuyae]]'' {{small|Menegon et al., 2015}}
| ||''[[Kinyongia carpenteri]]'' {{small|([[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1929)}} || Carpenter's chameleon || Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia multituberculata]]'' {{small|([[Fritz Nieden|Nieden]], 1913)}} – West Usambara two-horned chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia mulyai]]'' {{small|[[species:Colin R. Tilbury|Tilbury]] & [[species:Krystal A. Tolley|Tolley]], 2015}}
| ||''[[Kinyongia excubitor]]'' {{small|([[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]], 1911)}} || Mt. Kenya hornless chameleon ||Kenya
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia oxyrhina]]'' {{small|([[species:Charles J.J. Klaver|Klaver]] & [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|W. Böhme]], 1988)}} – sharp-nosed chameleon
*''[[Rugege highlands forest chameleon|Kinyongia rugegensis]]'' {{small|Hughes et al., 2017}} – Rugege highlands forest chameleon
| ||''[[Kinyongia fischeri]]'' {{small|([[Anton Reichenow|Reichenow]], 1887)}} || Fischer's chameleon, Nguru blade-horned chameleon, Nguru two-horned chameleon ||Tanzania.
|-
*''[[Kinyongia tavetana]]'' {{small|([[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1891)}} – dwarf Fischer's chameleon, dwarf two-horned chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia tenuis]]'' {{small|([[Paul Matschie|Matschie]], 1892)}} – Usambara soft-horned chameleon
| ||''[[Kinyongia gyrolepis]]'' ({{small|[[species:Eli Greenbaum|Greenbaum]] et al., 2012}}) || Lendu chameleon || Democratic Republic of the Congo
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia tolleyae]]'' {{small|Hughes et al., 2017}} – Tolley's forest chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia uluguruensis]]'' {{small|([[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1957)}} – Uluguru two-horned chameleon
| ||''[[Kinyongia itombwensis]]'' {{small|[[species:Daniel F. Hughes|Hughes]] et al., 2017}} || Itombwe forest chameleon || Democratic Republic of the Congo
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia uthmoelleri]]'' {{small|([[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]], 1938)}} – Hanang hornless chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia vanheygeni]]'' {{small|Nečas, 2009}} – Van Heygen's chameleon
|[[File:Kinyongia magomberae June07.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Kinyongia magomberae]]'' {{small|[[species:Michele Menegon|Menegon]] et al., 2009}} || Magombera chameleon ||Tanzania
|-
⚫
*''[[Kinyongia vosseleri]]'' {{small|(Nieden, 1913)}} – East Usambara two-horned chameleon
*''[[Kinyongia xenorhina]]'' {{small|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1901)}} – strange-nosed chameleon
|[[File:Kinyongia matschiei 103003519.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Kinyongia matschiei]]'' {{small|([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1895)}} || giant monkey-tailed East Usambara two-horned chameleon ||Tanzania.
|-
| ||''[[Kinyongia msuyae]]'' {{small|Menegon et al., 2015}} || Tanzania.
|-
⚫
|[[File:Kinyongia multituberculata 103864031 (cropped).jpg|120px]]||''[[Kinyongia multituberculata]]'' {{small|([[Fritz Nieden|Nieden]], 1913)}} || West Usambara two-horned chameleon ||Tanzania
|-
| ||''[[Kinyongia mulyai]]'' {{small|[[species:Colin R. Tilbury|Tilbury]] & [[species:Krystal A. Tolley|Tolley]], 2015}} || Democratic Republic of the Congo.
|-
⚫
| ||''[[Kinyongia oxyrhina]]'' {{small|([[species:Charles J.J. Klaver|Klaver]] & [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|W. Böhme]], 1988)}} || sharp-nosed chameleon ||
|-
|[[File:Kinyongia oxyrhina 104839712.jpg|120px]]||''[[Rugege highlands forest chameleon|Kinyongia rugegensis]]'' {{small|Hughes et al., 2017}} || Rugege highlands forest chameleon || Tanzania.
|-
⚫
| ||''[[Kinyongia tavetana]]'' {{small|([[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1891)}} || dwarf Fischer's chameleon, dwarf two-horned chameleon ||Burundi
|-
|[[File:Bradypodion tavetanum sleeping.jpg|120px]]||''[[Kinyongia tenuis]]'' {{small|([[Paul Matschie|Matschie]], 1892)}} || Usambara soft-horned chameleon ||southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
|-
⚫
|[[File:Kinyongia tenuis 101437897.jpg|120px]]||''[[Kinyongia tolleyae]]'' {{small|Hughes et al., 2017}} || Tolley's forest chameleon ||Kenya
|-
⚫
| ||''[[Kinyongia uluguruensis]]'' {{small|([[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1957)}} || Uluguru two-horned chameleon ||Uganda
|-
⚫
|[[File:Kinyongia uluguruensis 185054910.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Kinyongia uthmoelleri]]'' {{small|([[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]], 1938)}} || Hanang hornless chameleon ||Tanzania
|-
| ||''[[Kinyongia vanheygeni]]'' {{small|Nečas, 2009}} || Van Heygen's chameleon ||Tanzania.
|-
⚫
|[[File:Kinyongia vosseleri 101436875.jpg|120px]]||''[[Kinyongia vosseleri]]'' {{small|(Nieden, 1913)}} || East Usambara two-horned chameleon ||Tanzania.
|-
|[[File:Kinyongia xenorhina, male.png|120px]]||''[[Kinyongia xenorhina]]'' {{small|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1901)}} || strange-nosed chameleon || western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
|-
|}


''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Kinyongia''.
''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Kinyongia''.

Revision as of 21:06, 14 May 2023

Kinyongia
Kinyongia tavetana, sleeping
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006

Kinyongia (derived from the group's name in Kiswahili language)[1] is a chameleon genus recently established for several plesiomorphic species found in forest and woodland in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and far eastern DR Congo. All except K. adolfifriderici and K. tavetana are restricted to highlands, and many have very small geographic ranges. In most, at least the males have horns or knobs on their noses. They had been placed into the genus Bradypodion for some time.[2][3] It has recently been pointed out that the ending to the specific epithet in several of the below listed species should be modified to match the feminine genus name.[4]

Species

The following 23 species are recognized as being valid.[5]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Kinyongia adolfifriderici (Sternfeld, 1912) Ituri chameleon Burundi, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Kinyongia asheorum (Nečas et al., 2009) Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon Kenya
Kinyongia boehmei (Lutzmann & Nečas, 2002) Boehme's chameleon Kenya
Kinyongia carpenteri (Parker, 1929) Carpenter's chameleon Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kinyongia excubitor (Barbour, 1911) Mt. Kenya hornless chameleon Kenya
Kinyongia fischeri (Reichenow, 1887) Fischer's chameleon, Nguru blade-horned chameleon, Nguru two-horned chameleon Tanzania.
Kinyongia gyrolepis (Greenbaum et al., 2012) Lendu chameleon Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinyongia itombwensis Hughes et al., 2017 Itombwe forest chameleon Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinyongia magomberae Menegon et al., 2009 Magombera chameleon Tanzania
Kinyongia matschiei (F. Werner, 1895) giant monkey-tailed East Usambara two-horned chameleon Tanzania.
Kinyongia msuyae Menegon et al., 2015 Tanzania.
Kinyongia multituberculata (Nieden, 1913) West Usambara two-horned chameleon Tanzania
Kinyongia mulyai Tilbury & Tolley, 2015 Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kinyongia oxyrhina (Klaver & W. Böhme, 1988) sharp-nosed chameleon
Kinyongia rugegensis Hughes et al., 2017 Rugege highlands forest chameleon Tanzania.
Kinyongia tavetana (Steindachner, 1891) dwarf Fischer's chameleon, dwarf two-horned chameleon Burundi
Kinyongia tenuis (Matschie, 1892) Usambara soft-horned chameleon southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
Kinyongia tolleyae Hughes et al., 2017 Tolley's forest chameleon Kenya
Kinyongia uluguruensis (Loveridge, 1957) Uluguru two-horned chameleon Uganda
Kinyongia uthmoelleri (L. Müller, 1938) Hanang hornless chameleon Tanzania
Kinyongia vanheygeni Nečas, 2009 Van Heygen's chameleon Tanzania.
Kinyongia vosseleri (Nieden, 1913) East Usambara two-horned chameleon Tanzania.
Kinyongia xenorhina (Boulenger, 1901) strange-nosed chameleon western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Kinyongia.

References

  1. ^ Lutzmann, Nicolà (2008). "Some important changes in the systematics of Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843". Chameleons! Online E-Zine, February 2008. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  2. ^ Klaver CJ, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". Bonner Zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64.
  3. ^ Tolley, Krystal A.; Tilbury, Colin R.; Branch, William R. (2004). "Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 354–365. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00211-2 PDF fulltext Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Tolley, Krystal A.; Tilbury, Colin R.; Branch, William R. (2007). "Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 1426: 68.
  5. ^ Genus Kinyongia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Nečas P, Sindaco R, Kořený L, Kopečná J, Malonza PK, Modrý D (2009). "Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 2028: 41–50.
  • Tilbury CR, Tolley KA, Branch WR (2006). "A review of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the descriptions of two new genera". Zootaxa 1363: 23–38. (Kinyongia, new genus).



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